The Industrial Revolution, making it possible to mass-produce manufactured goods, was marked by their use of new machines, new energy sources, and new basic materials.

工业革命使大量生产制成品成为了可能，其特点是使用了新机器、新能源和新基本材料。

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Even companies providing basic industrial goods in China are producing eye-popping returns.

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Agriculture still looks a big winner, and so do industrial materials, but it seems today there's relatively more demand in basic industries than for the finished goods that use them.

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